Evening Roundup, July 9
Featuring Jennifer Weiss-Wolf and Sharon Malone; Frederic J. Frommer; Marvin Kalb; RJ Matson; Carron J. Phillips; Brian O'Neill; Olivia Julianna; and Michael de Adder
A warning bell for all women in America
By Jennifer Weiss-Wolf and Sharon Malone
The gap in access is only going to stretch further and affect more of us in the years to come. We better make sure our voices are heard.
JFK cited America’s ‘moral obligations’ in urging creation of USAID
By Frederic J. Frommer
'A program of assistance to the underdeveloped nations must continue because the nation's interest and the cause of political freedom require it,' President Kennedy said.
In Ukraine, Who's Winning, Losing?
By Marvin Kalb
War games are like card games for Donald Trump. Once, to belittle President Volodymyr Zelensky, he snarled, “You don’t have the cards,” as if the Ukrainian leader was playing a losing hand, nothing more. Had Trump momentarily forgotten the human cost of the war in Ukraine?
A 100-years flood
RJ draws several editorial cartoons each week for his substack, e pluribus cartoonum, and for Roll Call, the newspaper of Congress and Capitol Hill. His work is widely syndicated to print newspapers by Cagle Cartoons.
From Project 2025 and the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ — America did this to America
By Carron J. Phillips
This isn't just about one election; Americans have been voting against their own interests for a long time.
My Dad Got a Deepfake Scam Call. Marco Rubio Got One, Too.
A few months ago, my father got a phone call and heard a voice he never expected to hear in distress: his grandson’s—my son. The voice was rushed, panicked, pleading. There had been a misunderstanding, it said. He’d been arrested. He needed bail money wired immediately. The call didn’t last long—just long enough to crea…
Draft Jokes and Drone Strikes: The Dark Humor of a Doomed Generation
By Olivia Julianna
WWIII Is Trending Again—And Gen Z Is Laughing Through It
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Michael de Adder is an award-winning editorial cartoonist. You can find him on Substack here.
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An excellent roundup of Contrarian content! So great to have Doug Jones join us for Coffee with the Contrarians. E Jean Carroll is most entertaining and provocative.